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| 1807-1870 modest gentlemen, virginis aristocrat, confederate who was the southern army general and commander in chief of the cofederate army. |
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| fall of 1861 the confederate sent two diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell, to britain in a second attempt tp gain British recognition of the confederacy . the british ship carrying the two diplomats was stopped by the U.S. War ship San Jancito and the were arrested. britian dispatched 8,000 troops to canada.Lincoln, wishing to fight one war at a time declare that the San Jancito commander had acted without order and released the two diplomats and both sides were relieved not to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. |
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| Thomas "stonewall" Jackson |
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| 1824-1863 confederate army general; led the rout of union forces at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861 |
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| union commander during the Frist Battle of Bull Run- Manassas. Reviled after for the loss. |
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| commandeer the union fleet of 40 ships that on april 24,1862 ran his fleet past two confederate forts allowing for the seizing of new orleans the largest confederate city and busiest port |
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| 1822-1885 eighteen president of the united states; army general; named commander in chief of the union army during the civil war. |
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| 1826-1885 union general whose procrastination led to union army defeats |
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| volunteer known as the "angel of tr battlefield" during the civil war; founded the american red cross. |
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| war criminal; commander of the andersonville, Georgia Prison Camp. |
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| Monitor (north) and Merrimack (south) |
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| Ironclad ship that signaled the end of wooden warships. |
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| This battle is consider the turning point to the Civil War. |
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| In 1863 the U.S. Government took a specified pecertage of the income that an individual earns. |
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| union cammander at battle of gettysburg 1868; defended the high ground and forced the confederate army to attack, causing casualties |
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| 1820-1891 inited satae general in the civil war; his successful campaign in georgia (1864) spilt the confederacy into two and made an important contribution to the union victory. |
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| confeserate war camp in georgia, where 33,000 men were jammed into an area of 26 acres. no shelter from the boiling sun or chilling rain except what they made themselves from scratching holes in the dirt and rigging a covering of blankets sticks . drank from the same stream that served as their sewer. 29% of prisoners died |
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| 1838-1865 26 year old southern sympathizer and actor and assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, April 14, 1865 |
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| 1808-1889 US senator until Mississippi secede; became president of the confederate states of america |
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| 1809-1865 Rail Splitter, flatboatman, storekeeper, and surveyor, and taught himself to be a lawyer . president of the united state that fought to preserve the democracy he describe as "the last best hope of earth" |
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| A legal order for an inquiry to determine wheter a person ports; 2 union riverboats and armies would move down Mississippi River and splits the confederacy in two 3 and union armies would capture the confederate capital in Richmond |
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| a piece of U.S paper money first issued by the north during the civil war |
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| a draft that would forcecertain member of the population to serve in the army |
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| The act of wearing down by constant harassment or attack |
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| three part plan to conquer the south by 1) blockading southern ports; 2) union riverboats and armies would moved down the mississippi river and splits the confederacy in two; 3) and union armies would caqpture the confederate capitol in richmond |
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| emancipation proclamation |
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| 1863 president Lincoln's proclamation on january 1, 1863, the slave in confederate held territory wee feed |
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| northern democrats who adcocated peace with the south |
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| A hard biscuit made of wheat flour |
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| proved to be the bloodiest single day battle in American History |
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| to search or raid for food |
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| a military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it to surrender |
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| the unsuccesful charge by confederate infantry during the battle of gettysburg. |
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| railroad rails were heated and tied around trees and telegraphs poles |
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| vowing to "make georgia howl" (nov. 1864) union general sherman led 62,000 union soldiers from the burned out Atlanta to Savannah Georgia. Cut a nearly 300 mile long path of destruction across georgia. destroyed bridges, factories, and railroads lines. seized and slaughtered livestock |
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| authorization to act given to a representative |
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| scene of general Robert E. Lee's surrender of the confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant on April 19,1865 |
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| item seized from the enemy during wartime |
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